योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-4

कटकत्वं पृथग्हेम्नस्तरङ्गत्वं पृथग्जलात् ।
यथा न संभवत्येवं न जगत्पृथगीश्वरात् ॥ ४ ॥

kaṭakatvaṃ pṛthaghemnastaraṅgatvaṃ pṛthagjalāt ,
yathā na saṃbhavatyevaṃ na jagatpṛthagīśvarāt 4

4. kaṭakatvam pṛthak hemnas taraṅgatvam pṛthak jalāt
yathā na sambhavati evam na jagat pṛthak īśvarāt

4. yathā hemnas pṛthak kaṭakatvam,
jalāt pṛthak taraṅgatvam na sambhavati,
evam jagat īśvarāt pṛthak na (sambhavati).

4. Just as the state of being a bracelet is not possible separate from gold, and the state of being a wave is not possible separate from water, similarly, the world (jagat) is not separate from Īśvara (the Lord).

Words meanings summery:

• कटकत्वम् (kaṭakatvam) - the state of being a bracelet (the state of being a bracelet, bracelet-ness)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate (separately, distinct, different)

• हेम्नस् (hemnas) - from gold (of gold, from gold)

• तरङ्गत्वम् (taraṅgatvam) - the state of being a wave (the state of being a wave, wave-ness)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate (separately, distinct, different)

• जलात् (jalāt) - from water

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सम्भवति (sambhavati) - is possible (is possible, occurs, is born, exists)

• एवम् (evam) - similarly (thus, in this manner, similarly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (jagat) (the world, moving)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate (separately, distinct, different)

• ईश्वरात् (īśvarāt) - from Īśvara (the Lord) (from the Lord, from the master)

Words meanings and morphology

कटकत्वम् (kaṭakatvam) - the state of being a bracelet (the state of being a bracelet, bracelet-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṭakatva

kaṭakatva - the state or quality of being a bracelet

Derived from kaṭaka (bracelet) with suffix -tva (abstract noun forming suffix).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṭaka+tva)

• kaṭaka – bracelet, anklet, ring
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Used as the subject of the implied verb 'asti' (is).

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate (separately, distinct, different)

(indeclinable)

हेम्नस् (hemnas) - from gold (of gold, from gold)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold, bullion

Note: Used with pṛthak (separate from), which takes the ablative case.

तरङ्गत्वम् (taraṅgatvam) - the state of being a wave (the state of being a wave, wave-ness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of taraṅgatva

taraṅgatva - the state or quality of being a wave

Derived from taraṅga (wave) with suffix -tva (abstract noun forming suffix).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+tva)

• taraṅga – wave, ripple, surge
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Used as the subject of the implied verb 'asti' (is).

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate (separately, distinct, different)

(indeclinable)

जलात् (jalāt) - from water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Used with pṛthak (separate from), which takes the ablative case.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सम्भवति (sambhavati) - is possible (is possible, occurs, is born, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sambhav

Present Indicative

Root bhū (class 1P) 'to be', with upasarga sam- (together, completely). 3rd person singular.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - similarly (thus, in this manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the world (jagat) (the world, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe; moving, living

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go) with reduplication, used as a noun meaning 'that which moves', i.e., the world. Nominative singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate (separately, distinct, different)

(indeclinable)

ईश्वरात् (īśvarāt) - from Īśvara (the Lord) (from the Lord, from the master)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - Lord, master, ruler, god

From root īś (to be master of, own, rule).

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Used with pṛthak (separate from), which takes the ablative case.

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